It is clear that, as noted by Ghada Waly, Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), action “to ...

UNODC Supports Operational Cooperation among West African Law Enforcement Services to Counter Terrorism and Organized Crime ...

Directly or indirectly, crime affects virtually all individuals, societies, and countries. Wildlife trafficking may be ...

Corruption serves as an enabler for various forms of organized crime, facilitating their execution and allowing such crimes ...

Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Unit offers occasional Issue Papers on aspects of the crime of migrant smuggling and the globa ...

UNODC’s new report puts a figure on that shift: combined annual losses from scam offences across East Asia, South-East Asia, ...

UNODC and Guinea Continue to Enhance the Response to Counter the Nexus between Terrorism and Transnational Organized Crime ...

Mandate and Functions. The Commission guides the activities of the United Nations in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice. It also reviews United Nations standards a ...

However, such opportunities remain limited within prison systems facing significant operational and financial pressures. In Lebanon, prolonged socio-economic challenges and pressure on the prison ...

A new report compiled by UNODC's anti-trafficking experts indicates the existence  of corruption in every step of the human trafficking process and in every form of the crime.

The Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime is the world’s only global, legally binding instrument through which governm ...

July 2026 - The third iteration of Operation SAMA (Saving Wildlife through Multilateral Cooperation in Africa) has concluded, ...